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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking
At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Cognitive security is the future, says Martin Kuppinger
Modern computing capabilities combined with cognitive technology has huge potential for tackling unknown attack patterns and addressing the security skills shortage, says Martin Kuppinger
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May 09, 2017
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May'17
Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers
Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner
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May 05, 2017
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May'17
HSBC adopts cloud-first strategy to solving big data business problems
David Knott, chief architect at banking giant HSBC, tells Computer Weekly about how machine learning, big data analytics and cloud are changing the way it does business
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May 05, 2017
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May'17
SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute
Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP
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May 04, 2017
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May'17
Agile development an 'IT fad' that risks iterative failure
Agile promises continuous improvement through an iterative process, but without proper checks, project failure is commonplace
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May 04, 2017
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May'17
CIO interview: Conal Furie, innovations director, Jardine Motors Group
The motor trade is often seen as behind the times in technology, but a lot can be done to improve the customer experience with cutting-edge tech, says motor group’s head of innovations
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May 03, 2017
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May'17
Singapore to form data science consortium
Led by the National Research Foundation, the academic and research group will spearhead adoption of data analytics among Singaporean companies
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May 02, 2017
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May'17
Red Hat deepens partnership with AWS
Enterprises will be able to take advantage of public cloud services in OpenShift through an expanded partnership between Red Hat and Amazon
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May 02, 2017
02
May'17
Cisco buys SDN business Viptela
Cisco says its acquisition of supplier Viptela will enhance its own SDN functionality
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April 28, 2017
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Apr'17
UBS reduces legacy dependence with Microsoft Azure
Swiss bank begins its strategy of moving core systems into the cloud
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April 28, 2017
28
Apr'17
Microsoft chief reveals Azure upsell strategy
Azure competes with AWS on price as an IaaS, but Satya Nadella sees this as a way to get CIOs to buy higher-level services
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April 28, 2017
28
Apr'17
Nordea strikes partnership with Swedish mobile payment startup
Nordic bank links up with payments startup in its latest fintech project
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April 27, 2017
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Apr'17
Case study: Specsavers furthers digital transformation with single customer view
UK retailer Specsavers has been in the process of digital transformation for several years, and has now partnered with Fujitsu to eliminate disparate systems and create a single customer view
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Infor to buy cloud BI company Birst
Infor is buying cloud analytics firm Birst in a move to bolster its cloud-first ERP orientation
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April 25, 2017
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Apr'17
UK trade department in New York to promote fintech firms
Group of financial technology firms taken to New York to show off their knowledge of regulatory compliance software
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April 25, 2017
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Apr'17
Huddle needs $5m equity injection or to find a buyer, as investment declaration deadline looms
Companies House documents reveal Huddle needs to raise $5m or more by the end of April or find a buyer to meet its financial obligations for the next 12 months
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Research highlights cloud security complacency in organisations that ditch on-premise tech
Enterprise attitudes to cloud security are laid bare in the latest research report from Bitglass, and suggest more could be done to secure corporate data stored off-premise
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Motorola brings big data digital evidence service to UK police forces
Motorola is launching a digital evidence management service to UK police forces, backed off into AWS cloud infrastructure
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Consortium hopes to drive autonomous car from London to Oxford
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has awarded an £8.6m grant to back a consortium attempting the UK’s first Level 4 autonomous vehicle test run, to take place within the next two-and-a-half years
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Cyber security centre of excellence to open at Cardiff University
Cardiff University and Airbus have launched the first centre of its kind in Europe to tackle cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Criminal Courts Review Commission appoints forensic accountants for Post Office IT system cases
Investigation into claims of miscarriages of justice in relation to a Post Office accounting system has appointed a forensic accountant firm
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April 20, 2017
20
Apr'17
Mastercard integrates biometric technology into cards
MasterCard tests out biometric technology embedded into payment cards, with further trials in Europe planned
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April 20, 2017
20
Apr'17
Banks suffer average of 85 attempted serious cyber attacks a year, and one-third are successful
Banks face daily cyber attacks, many of which succeed in stealing data, research finds
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April 20, 2017
20
Apr'17
InterContinental Hotel Group reveals extent of malware attack
Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system
Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies
The recent publication of court filings from a licence dispute case shows a catalogue of 'damaging' techniques the supplier used following an audit
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
FDM uses gamification to make graduate recruitment process more inclusive
IT services firm uses Yellow Hook Reef game to make its graduate recruitment process more inclusive and enjoyable for candidates
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April 12, 2017
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Apr'17
Chatbots, Fitbits and AI: IT suppliers identify the top trends in HR technology
Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies
The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role
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April 06, 2017
06
Apr'17
CIO interview: Richard Sharp, CTO, Shazam
We speak to the new chief technology officer at music discovery service Shazam about how to foster an innovation culture
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April 06, 2017
06
Apr'17
Research fires warning at banks over branch closures
Traditional retail banks cannot rely on customer loyalty if service levels drop as a result of branch closures and staff cuts
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success
US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Dutch IT companies introduce unlimited staff holidays
IT firms in The Netherlands are leading the way with strategies to give employees control of how much time they take off work
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Northern Ireland schools to continue with Capita IT services
Two-year, £60m contract extension covers ICT services for 1,100 schools
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
How to apply DevOps practices to legacy IT
The one constant in legacy systems is that they can’t just be switched off. We find out how Ticketmaster has adapted its legacy IT to DevOps
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveils data analytics platform
Free platform made available to bank’s customers at a time when only 34% of the country’s SMEs are making data-driven decisions
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
VMware to sell vCloud Air service and datacentre infrastructure to OVH
French IaaS challenger to take over the reins of global vCloud Air hybrid cloud service
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March 29, 2017
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Mar'17
Thorn CEO on using machine learning and tech partnerships to tackle online child sex abuse
The CEO of US-based no-profit Thorn explains how cross-industry collaboration and machine learning is helping her organisation stay one step ahead of online child sex abusers
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Russian Airline at home in the cloud
S7 Airlines in Russia looks set to move more of its IT to the cloud after successful infrastructure-as-a-service project
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Are ethical questions holding back AI in France?
France has been slow to create a strategy around the use of artificial intelligence, partly due to questions around ethics
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March 28, 2017
28
Mar'17
Singapore to shutter 2G services by April 1
2G is making way for 3G and LTE networks in the city-state, but the legacy technology will remain in other markets with significant machine-to-machine investments
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March 28, 2017
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Mar'17
1,000 sub-postmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office
Group legal action against Post Office relates to allegedly faulty Horizon computer system
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March 26, 2017
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Mar'17
HPE, Tata Communications to build world’s largest IoT network
The Lora-based network will benefit around 400 million people in India who can expect improvements in water quality and public safety
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March 24, 2017
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Mar'17
AI and robots will 'create political instability' until humans find new occupations
The belief that advances in technology will create more jobs than they replace may no longer hold true
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March 24, 2017
24
Mar'17
Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill
International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year
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March 24, 2017
24
Mar'17
Cisco unveils new Spark collaboration platform in APAC
Spark will be the future platform for integrating all of Cisco’s collaboration technologies, according to a Cisco regional executive
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
IBM cognitive assistant to help manage and secure devices
IBM has announced a cognitive assistant powered by IBM Watson to help businesses manage and secure endpoints, including devices making up the internet of things
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March 17, 2017
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Mar'17
Singapore startup partners IBM to pilot blockchain technology
Invictus’ distributed ledger prototype will offer financing options for small and medium-sized enterprises